Lionsgate(R) and Universal Studios Hollywood(SM) Present Heart-Stopping All-New 'My Bloody Valentine' Maze for 2009 Halloween Ho
21 Août 2009 - 6:19PM
PR Newswire (US)
Inspired by Lionsgate's 2009 theatrical re-make, My Bloody
Valentine 3-D, the Genre Film Favorite Joins 'Rogues Gallery' of
New Attractions for Annual Halloween Event, Beginning October 2
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., Aug. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- "My Bloody
Valentine: Be Mine 4 Ever" an all-new "live" multi-sensory horror
experience, will be a standout attraction at Universal Studios
Hollywood's(SM) "Halloween Horror Nights" event beginning its
16-night run on October 2, per an agreement between the theme park
and Lionsgate , the leading next generation studio. The attraction
is based upon the 2009 theatrical re-make of the original 1981
Canadian slasher classic, which was released by Lionsgate to great
box-office success earlier this year and is now available on DVD
and Blu-ray. Widely considered "the ultimate slasher film" by
horror aficionados, the all-new Universal Studios Hollywood maze
will bring to life the terrible events that take place in the town
of Harmony, which is crippled by a series of horrific murders. "My
Bloody Valentine: Be Mine 4 Ever," will recreate the film's bloody
massacres in disturbingly realistic scenes. This "Halloween Horror
Nights" experience will assault the guest through the sense of
sight, sound, smell and touch. Guests entering the maze will smell
the dank, stale air of the film's mineshaft, will feel the spray of
spattering blood and will pass closely through scenes of
unrelenting carnage. It will be the most lifelike representation of
film horror ever created for a Halloween maze attraction. The
entire "Halloween Horror Nights" event at Universal Studios
Hollywood has been re-designed for 2009. "Halloween Horror Nights"
will feature four all-new mazes, a new "Terror Tram" backlot studio
experience as well as terrifying new "Scare Zones." New attractions
will include a "live" maze experience based on the "Saw" film
franchise, per an agreement among Universal Studios Theme Parks,
Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures. The "Rocky Horror Picture Show: A
Tribute" will also join the "Halloween Horror Nights" line-up in a
live stage presentation of this classically edgy movie. Updates on
"Halloween Horror Nights" are available at
HalloweenHorrorNights.com/Hollywood and on Twitter and Facebook, as
Creative Director John Murdy reveals a running chronicle of
exclusive information. Fans are invited to follow John Murdy on
Twitter at: twitter.com/HorrorNights or via Facebook at: "Halloween
Horror Nights - Hollywood (Official)." Universal Studios Hollywood,
The Entertainment Capital of L.A., includes a full-day, movie-based
theme park and Studio Tour; the CityWalk entertainment, shopping
and dining complex; the Universal CityWalk Cinemas; and the Gibson
Amphitheatre concert and special event venue. The theme park
features such groundbreaking attractions as "The Simpsons Ride ,"
"Revenge of the Mummy - The Ride," "Shrek 4-D(TM)," "Jurassic Park
- The Ride," and the world-renowned Studio Tour, which takes guests
behind-the-scenes of such landmark TV and movie locations as Steven
Spielberg's "War of the Worlds." For more information please visit:
http://www.universalstudioshollywood.com/. Universal Studios
Hollywood is a unit of Universal Parks & Resorts, a division of
NBC-Universal. ABOUT MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3-D: Ten years ago, a
tragedy changed the town of Harmony forever. Tom Hanniger, an
inexperienced coal miner, caused an accident in the tunnels that
trapped and killed five men and sent the only survivor, Harry
Warden, into a permanent coma. But Harry Warden wanted revenge.
Exactly one year later, on Valentine's Day, he woke up...and
brutally murdered twenty-two people with a pickaxe before being
killed. Ten years later, Tom Hanniger returns to Harmony on
Valentine's Day, still haunted by the deaths he caused. Struggling
to make amends with his past, he grapples with unresolved feelings
for his ex-girlfriend, Sarah, who is now married to his best
friend, Axel, the town sheriff. But tonight, after years of peace,
something from Harmony's dark past has returned. Wearing a miner's
mask and armed with a pickaxe, an unstoppable killer is on the
loose. And as his footsteps come ever closer, Tom, Sarah and Axel
realize in terror that it just might be Harry Warden who's come
back to claim them... Presented in stunningly real, cutting edge
3-D projection, MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3-D stars Jensen Ackles (TV's
"Smallville" and "Supernatural"), Jaime King (THE SPIRIT, SIN CITY,
SIN CITY 2) and Kerr Smith (FINAL DESTINATION, "Dawson's Creek"). A
remake of the 1981 horror classic, MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3-D is
directed by Patrick Lussier from a screenplay by Todd Farmer and
Zane Smith, based on a screenplay by John Beaird, story by Stephen
Miller, and is produced by Jack Murray. ABOUT LIONSGATE Lionsgate
(NYSE:LGF) is the leading next generation studio with a strong and
diversified presence in the production and distribution of motion
pictures, television programming, home entertainment, family
entertainment, video-on-demand and digitally delivered content. The
Company has built a strong television presence in production of
prime time cable and broadcast network series, distribution and
syndication of programming through Debmar-Mercury, reality
programming through its joint venture with ISH Entertainment and an
array of channel platform assets. Its feature film business
achieved a record box office performance in the recent
January-March 2009 quarter, driven by the success of "Tyler Perry's
Madea Goes To Jail," "My Bloody Valentine 3-D" and "The Haunting In
Connecticut." The Company's home entertainment business has grown
to more than 7% market share and leads the industry in its box
office-to-DVD revenue conversion rate. Lionsgate handles a
prestigious and prolific library of approximately 12,000 motion
picture and television titles that is an important source of
recurring revenue and serves as the foundation for the growth of
the Company's core businesses. The Lionsgate brand remains
synonymous with original, daring, quality entertainment in markets
around the world. For more information please visit:
http://www.lionsgate.com/ DATASOURCE: Universal Studios Hollywood
CONTACT: Eliot Sekuler of Universal Studios Hollywood,
+1-818-622-6896, ; or Stacey Mooradian of Lionsgate,
+1-310-255-4921, Web Site:
http://www.universalstudioshollywood.com/ http://www.lionsgate.com/
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